Intention to seek professional psychological help among college students in Turkey: Influence of help-seeking attitudes

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Seyfi, Feyza ^a   Poudel, Krishna C ^b   Yasuoka, Junko ^a   Otsuka, Keiko ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; College students; Help seeking; Intention; Mental health; Professional psychological help; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889036264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-519     Document Type: Article

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